Tire valve



Nov. 13, 11923. 1547493663 F. E. NUGENTv TIRE VALVE Filed nec. 22. 1920 2 sheets-Sheet 2 I Patented Non. i3, ily/3.

NETE@ STATES iat/atto' Parlant t onirica.

FRANCES E. NGENT, @F ETLAIDELPHA, FENNSYLVI'A,

unan vaavn' Application filled December 22, todo. Serial itc. 432Mo.

To al? 'u1/tom t may concern: l

Be it known that ll, 'Francis E. Nnemv'r, a citizen ot the -United States, residing at lthiladelphimin the county ot Philadelphiav and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful lim rovements in Tire l/alves, of which the ollowing is a specification. i p p ll'y invention relates to new and useful improvements in a tire valve, and has for its object to provide a valvJ seat member having a conical valve seatl recess therein and a conical valve carrying ailat compressibley washer or gasket adapted to be forced into the conical recess by the conical valve and compressed so that atportion of said washer an uncompresse will be forced beyond the valve and provide rim extending over the edge of the valve and a portion of one face of the valve seat member.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tire valve et novel construction, the

valve member which will be so held upon its seat by combined spring and air pressure` as to preclude the possibility of leakage regardlcss of the degree of pressure upon the air.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel means carried by the ,valve stem to act as an abutment tor one end of the spring and to provide a valve disc and its-component parts which may be readtitl : closed upon its seat by spring pressure the.'

ily applied to the valve stem which may be relatlvelyn inexpensively manufactured.

Where valve seatshaving one or Amore raised circular edges against which dat. lfaced' c mpressible discs are forced, such discs shortly become cut and lacerated, causing them to leakv and obstruct the operations; also where a dat compressible -discds drawn against a curved seat by a flat valve only afcomparatively small contact is edected, ,which under the conditions met in present da tire practice is and ot er defects.

All of these disadvantages are overcome by my present construction of valve and seat therefor, in that the dat compressible disc is drawn into a cone shaped seat by a correspend-ing shaped valve which latter,rnot only causes the disc to conform to the seat throughout a relatively large area but also causes the outer edgeL of said disc to be forced over the ,edge of the valve or said valve and its seat. When.' sucha valve'is subject to leakage compressed air within the tire will tend to force the exposed surfaces ot the disc tightly againstY the inner surfaccsof the valve and valve seat, thus increasing the security otY the valve against leakagefrom any increase of the air pressure. i

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination Aof elements vhereinafter set `forth and then specilically'designated by the claims.v

' ln order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may'understand how to make and use the same, l will describe its construction1 in detail, Areferring by numerals to the accompanying` drawings forming a part of this applicationfin which Y Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved tire valve, portions thereof' being" broken away and shown in section and illustrated in connection with a portion ot a wheel having a tire thereon which is also partially.

shown in section.

Fig. 2, is a fragmentary sectional view of the valve ,seat `member showing the valve and valve disc in Ian open position relative thereto. Y

.Fig 3, is a side ,elevation of the valve stem.

lny carrying out my invention as here ernbodied, 2 represents`a wheel'and more particularly'the felly thereofy which carries an outer tire 3 within which is located an inner tube-4. lin the inner tube 4L- is.' placed the valve seat member 5, the disc portion 6 thereof lying within the inner tube and its cor-1 rugated face engaging the material about the hole 7 through said inner tube, the stem or shank 8 ot said valve seat member rojecting through said hole and this shan or Vstern is externally threaded as at 9. N l'n one face ot the valve seat member is 'formed the dared or conical valve seat recess l@ with Ell llt)

n which communicates the openin 11 passing lon itudinally through the sha' or stem 8.

(11 the shank or stem 8 is Screwed one end of the barrel or casing 12, said end having internal threads 13 for coaction with the external threads of the stein or shank 8 on the valve seat member, the inner end of said barrel or casing being jambed down on the valve seat member without intervening objects.; The barrelor casing is threaded externally throughout the major portion of its length as at 14, said threads being on the inner1 portion or inner end thereof and the i outer end of this casing or barrel is inter- -barrel ,until it contacts with the bridge 17 nally threaded asA at 15 for a purpose to be more fully explained.

hen' the valve seat member 5 and the barrel or casing 12 have been positioned relative to the inner tube, the bridge 17 is placed over the barrel and brought into -engagef ment with the outer face of the inner tube after which the nut 18'is screwed on to the which will force the same toward the disc portion ofl the valve seat member, and thus clamp the inner tube therebetween, said bridge having diverging arinswhich engage' `the wheel, as for instance the felly thereof,

' which will 'assist in positioning the valve parts relative to the wheel. This construction eliminates thesnecessity. of using liners,

s he Wheel fclly and draws the arms of the when the parts will be iirmly held in their ridge againstL the opposite face thereof proper .positionsh It is particularlynoted that the nut 18. and the collar 19 are both mounted u on the barrel -by means ofthe same threa s 14. v n

20 representsy a valve' stem which has formed thereon a flared or vconical head 2-1 and a valve member' 22 spaced from said head in such manner. as to. leave\a recess 23 for the reception and retention of the compressible disc 24. The periphery of the -valve member ris also liiaredor -cone shaped the angle of said flare coinciding with the angl; of flare o f the head 21;

e compressible disc 24 is providedwith 'a central hole 25 which in assemblin is .'piissed over the stem 20 and contact with the head 21, after which said b brought into disc is sprung or stretches over said head so as to contact within the space or recess 23.

,prevent the possibilitydof maaien This operation wwill he yfacilitiited by the cone shape of the' head 21 as will be readily understood.

When the device is assembled and the valve drawn into the seat recess 10 the disc will be deflected to conform with the conical shape of said recess ,and the periphery of the valve, and as increased pressure is'exerted upon-said valve it will continue to coinpress the confined portion of said disc and if this pressure is increased suiciently the outer edges of the disc will be forced beyond the edges ofthevalve and seat, thus forming an additional seal. This additional seal being exposed to the action of the air under /pressure will be forced over and against the tev edges of they valve and seat, therebyifurther a increasing the safety against leakage, thus no-matter howgreat lthe air pressure, leakage will be prevented. This construction will also permit the valve-to seal even though ,the valve seat may he partially fouled by. dirt or grit. f

The .valve stem passes through the shank 8 of the valve seat member and through the barrel or casing-12 insuch manner as to engage the 'valve seat recess `10 and when these parts 'are in contact the outer end of the valve stem lies adjacent the outer end of .y l

the barrel as shown in Fig. Land in order to normally hold said parts `in these positions I provide a spring 28 coiledabout the valve stem with one end in engagement with the shank 5 and the other end in engagement with the spring abutment 29 which is formed of a piece of wire coiled about the valve stem 20r and having one end 30 disposed transversely 'across the coils thereof and registering 'with the hole 31 in the valve stem which positions said abutment .and prevents its accidental displacement. By forming the spring' abutment. in .this manner an 'abutting surface is provided resembling coils of the spring, thereby giving a large bearing surface to said'spring'which will aid spring from becoming displaced orfthe end thereof bent out of shape'which would cause cramping.

The upper end of the valve stem 20 is externally'threaded as` at 32 to receive the internally threaded projection 33 formed with iis the cap 37, the latter-slipping over the outer en d of the barrel and en aging acircumferential shoulder 34 on said barrel so that by revolng said cap the valve stem will be drawn 4outward to firmly force the valve disc against its seat and so hold it to prevent accidental opening of the valve.

`With the cap having a longitudinal Slot 39 therethrough and provided with external threads 401:0

is formed a bleeder lug 38' coact with theinternal threads v15 of the Y' the tire the capl is removed and inverted so thlt the' bleeder 111`38 mav lie insmtnd in arre or casing 12. To bleed the air from nemico may then be screwed inthe barrel to tern-` porarily hold the valve open. lWhen the parts are in the positions above described the air will readily pass to the atmosphere through the slot 39, it being understood that a portion thereof is above the outer end of the barrel or casing.

By constructing a tire valve in this manner when the same is placed upon a tire the valve seat will always be in the same position relative to the outer end of the barrel regardless of the thickness of the tube and therefore the outer end of the valve stem will be always in the same position relative to the outer end of the barrel and at no time Will project beyond said barrel such a distance that it would be impracticable to use the head 33 or to enclose the parts by the cap 16. The disadvantages are thus overcome which happen Where the parts have to be dismant ed for assembly and where liners, shims orv fillers are used to make up the varying thichiesses ot the tires and the varyingl thicknesses ofvvheel 'iellies- @t course l do not Wish to be ted to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be kvaried within the limits ot the appended claims without def parting from the spirit ot my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what ll claim as new and useful 1s:-

1. ln a device of the character stated, a valve stem having a hole therethrough and a spring abutmentconsisting of a vvire coiled about said stern vvith one end passing,P throufrh said hole.l l

2. lien a device oil the character described, a valve seat having a cone shaped recess, n cone shaped valve, a dat compressible' disc carried by said valve in such manner that when the valve is forced tcvvard its seat seid dise vvill be caused to conform to the contour of the recess and valve, the outer edge ot said disc overlapping the edges oit the valve and seat, and means for forcing the valve toward its seat.

3. ln a device of the character-stated, o valve seat member having a conical valve seat recess, a valve. stem passing through said member, a conical valve on said stem and a flat washer, on the stem between the valve seat recess and valve, which vvill be bent to cone shape and compressed and forced beyond the edges of the recess and valve when the latter is moved toward the former.

d. ln a device of the character described, a valve seat member having a conical valve seat recess, a conical valve tor coaction therewith and a dat compressible Washer carried by the valve adapted to be compressed into the recess by said valve.

5. ln a device of the character mentioned, a valve seatmernber having a conical valve seat recess, a conical valve and a flat vvasher between the conical recess and conical valve adapted to be compressed by the latter into the former with an uncompressed portionv projecting beyond the valve and extending over the edge thereof and a portion ol one face or the valve seat member.

ln testimony whereof, l. have hereunto aed myl signature.

'v IFRANClS lll. NUGENT.. 

